Muffler.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908. W. L. GBE.

MUPFLER.

APPLIQATION HLBDAPR. 22. 1907.

Amm/frs WALTER LEANDER GEE, OF SARTOG SPRINGS, NEW YORK, ASSGNGR T0 TLLAE'I.

GAGE, OF' SRATOGA SPRINGS,

NEW YORK.

. No. ernste.

specification of Letters s'tent.

Application filed April ZZ. 19.07. Serial lo- 3691586.

To aZl whom it may concern: v

Be 1t known that l, WALTER Lniinnnn GEE, e citizen of the United States, :ind e resident of Saratoga. Springs, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, lieve invented e' new and Improved Murder, of which the following is a. full, clear, and endet description.

The invention relates toe. mller-intended particularly for use in connection with internalcoinbustion engines to reduce the noise of the exhaust.

The object of the invention is to provide on efficient device for this purpose of the lightest possibe construction and involving the Ininiinurn degree of hook pressure the engine thus fitting'it especially for use in .automobile work.

l nietsl drinn l0, to the ends of which.

rl`he invention resides in certsin features of construction and firrtingeinent of ports sheet A cost metal heads il are held by tie bolts i2 peso ing longitudinnllv through the inutiles.' ironi one end to the other. The heads rojeot he* yond the sides of the drum 10, end the spr-.ce

etween the lies/.ls is illcd by a covering of asbestos or other noi1-eonductinff nisteriei, One of tlie'heads il hns en inlet pipe l5 for the exhaust gases, and the other'heed has on outlet ni e 16 therefor. Adjacent to tho outlet ein of the niuiier is located e. numberoi oe-file plates 17. rlhese pletes ere prefer ably two in number, though this may he varied if desired. The plates fill the entire cross sectional eresu of Ithe drinn and ere formed with e. series of openingsl', which ends thereof, tie rods passing through the v1 pension ot the ,vases in the nnirier seperfite poils n'oin the exhaust nier into iower obtaining in the hon" or" the moitier, wliioli lower pressure 0 nelly end uniformly issues *he UL\/ plates -out through the discharge eine.

loving thus described the prete forni ofniy invention, what l cleini es and desire to secure hy Letters ijetent is:

l. A rnnfier having s. body formed 'i is sheet metal drinn, liceds engaging wits ane D ininqder and engaging the heads to hold there in place, e non-conducting covering encir sling the drinn between the heads, transverse nadie late within the dindin., plete heingprovi .ed with e plurality oi' open-- ings therethrough.

2. A Inuiifer conxprising n drum wit end outlet openings, e' milie plete thei end o, spacer for the baille piste, so' heinel -i'orined of annular corrngsted instel.

3. innferlievin outiet o enings, e h en onnn or spacer for ie being formed oi sheet niet tudinslly oi the rntnrfler.

ln testimony whereof i here signed :ny neme to this specn'icetlon in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALT.

Viitnesses:

W, BURTON, CLARENCE B. ignition..

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